Each week we give away the next chapter of our book for free. We hope you enjoy it! Here’s this week’s chapter:
Chapter 21: Trust your future self
People worry about a wide variety of things, some silly, some serious. We worry about our job security, we worry about our health, we worry about our reputations. Most of the things we worry about are at least partially out of our control. This chapter is about the other cases: cases when the problem is completely within our control!
The most obvious case of worrying about something entirely within our control is worrying about our own feelings or desires. We worry that our feelings will change and that we won’t want the same things we do now. The weight of these worries can paralyze us, stunning us into indecision and stagnation. If this happens to you, you can trust your future self.
…and here’s the rest:
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I have to say that this chapter was probably the single most helpful chapter of your entire book! Every time I start flailing about a decision, fretting in circles that I’m not going to take the optimal path, I just tell myself “trust your future self” and then I can breathe.
Heather Freeman’s last blog post..Dragon vs. Monkey
Thank you, Heather! It’s awesome to hear that it’s helped you.
I think this chapter has the coolest illustration, too. (:
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June 4, 2009 at 3:29 pm
I used to worry about big and little things that I could not change. I like how you split the chapter into stories from both of you. We do need to trust that life will end up the way it’s supposed to be. If we go overboard then we can’t enjoy the present moment.
Karl Staib – Work Happy Now’s last blog post..Free Work Happy Now Workshop In Austin